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Imperialism
Spanish-American War
Imperialism
►Definition: policy by which strong nations extend their political, military, and economic control over weaker territories.
Causes of Imperialism
►1. Economic Benefits:
Raw materials
Natural resources
New markets
Causes of Imperialism
►2. Military Strength
Alfred Mahan – said a country has to have a powerful navy
New colonies could be bases for the navy
Mahan
Causes of Imperialism
►3. Nationalism
Social Darwinism
Felt duty to spread “superior” culture to people they considered inferior
Commodore Matthew Perry in Japan (1853)
U.S. buys Alaska 1867
Hawaiian Islands
Queen Liliuokalani
Spanish-American War
Cuba
William Randolph Hearst
Joseph Pulitzer YELLOW PRESS
►de Lome letter – “Worst Insult to the United States in Its History”
► Jingoism – aggressive nationalism
U.S.S. Maine explodes!
Hearst: “WAR? SURE!”
“ REMEMBER THE MAINE ”
►U.S. declares war on Spain in April, 1898.
Dewey takes the Philippines
►Commodore Dewey destroys Spanish fleet in Philippines
►Aguinaldo defeats Spanish army in Philippines
Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt
Treaty of Paris (1898)
►Ends the Spanish-American War
Spain gave up control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guam
Philippines sold to U.S. for $20 million
►Imperialist/Anti-Imperialist debate